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Walking, jogging and running have positive health and wellbeing benefits, as Karen Kealy from Carlow has found. Karen was born completely blind due to a retinal condition. She began her fitness journey with the Adare to Cahir 76k cycle with Today fm. She then started taking part in her local park run races, and has …Read More about A Carlow woman’s new-found love for running

NCBI Tesco Bag Pack – Saturday 28th September 2019 We are looking for volunteers to join our Annual Tesco Bag Pack Day! If you have a couple of hours to give please contact Angela angela.levins@ncbi.ie Womens Mini Marathon for NCBI – Sunday 31st May 2020 With the continual success of Team NCBI at the Vhi Women’s …Read More about Upcoming fundraising events

Three 90 year-old people with sight loss who attend the Hill Street Wednesday club, Winnie, Vera and Tom were recently invited to afternoon tea with President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina. Vera told the President he was an honourable man and got a big hug and kiss on the cheek from him. …Read More about A visit to Áras an Uachtaráin

The NCBI Specsavers HolmPatrick Cup The NCBI Specsavers HolmPatrick Cup is a men’s golf competition with over 140 clubs participating each year. It is the longest running and largest charity golf tournament in Ireland, raising funds for the NCBI. The competition can be organised as either a dedicated fourball competition or run in conjunction with …Read More about Registrations now open for NCBI golf tournaments

As part of the government’s strategy to increase access and use of online platforms and services, The Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment launched a programme called Getting Citizens Online in 2017. NCBI has been involved in the programme from the beginning and this year has partnered with Age Action in order to …Read More about Digital Skills Training with NCBI

The annual Pancake Tuesday fundraiser was a huge success, raising €1,858.70! Thank you to everyone who dropped by to St. Agnes’ Parish Hall, Crumlin and supported the morning! And of course a huge thank you to Netta Edgerton, who has been doing this for NCBI for many years and puts in so much work, with …Read More about Flipping Pancakes for NCBI

The Virtual Technology Club was launched in April 2017 in recognition of the fact that for many people with sight loss who rely on technology to live an independent life, it can be difficult to travel to access training or support, or to meet other users and share knowledge. Our Virtual Technology Club takes …Read More about NCBI Virtual Technology Club

Frank Callery writes about the origins of the site of NCBI’s head office in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The site of NCBI’s head office at Whitworth Road has a colourful past and Whitworth Road was not always Whitworth Road, it was first called Belvedere Street and came about in this manner. With …Read More about What lies beneath

We are delighted to inform you that tactile ballot templates will be used in referenda from this year, allowing people with sight loss to vote in secret for the first time. The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government consulted with NCBI on the design of the template and we are pleased to say …Read More about Tactile Ballot Paper Templates Available at Next Referendum

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